Request for CME Certification through MUSC Office of Continuing Medical Education

General Information

IMPORTANT: This request form must be submitted and planning meeting scheduled at least nine (9) months prior to the proposed activity date. Please note: Faculty/Presenters cannot be invited until after the Activity Director and Planning Committee have been vetted by the MUSC Office of CME. For Forms received after 9 months, an invoice will be emailed to you for the late fee of $600.

1. Complete this request
2. Contact the Office of CME to request a CME planning meeting at 843-876-1925 or email us at cmeoffice@musc.edu

9. How many speakers/presenters/moderators will be involved with your meeting or how many writers/editors will be involved with your enduring materials, etc.?

9 or less10-1920-2930 or more

The MUSC Office of CME has submitted its application for Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™ (IPCE). Joint Accreditation will provide the opportunity to offer continuing education activities for multiple professions through a single, unified accreditation process, fee structure, and set of accreditation standards. The MUSC Office of CME anticipates receiving a decision on its Joint Accreditation application in December 2026.

If your activity is interested in being offered as a Jointly Accredited activity, please answer the following questions:

18. Who is your target audience? (Specialty, provider type, geographic area)

18a. Target Audience Specialty

18b. Target Audience Provider Type

18c. Target Audience Geographic Area

Identifying Relevant Financial Relationships

Many healthcare professionals have financial relationships with ineligible companies. (An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.) These relationships must not be allowed to influence accredited continuing education. The MUSC Office of CME is responsible for identifying relevant financial relationships between individuals in control of educational content and ineligible companies and managing these to ensure they do not introduce commercial bias into the education. Financial relationships of any dollar amount are defined as relevant if the educational content is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company.

If the Activity Director or any of the planning committee members have a relevant financial relationship with any of the topics that will be covered during the activity, at least one of the following mitigation steps will be required:

1. Divest the financial relationship

2. Recusal from controlling aspects of planning and content with which there is a financial relationship with an ineligible company

3. Peer review of planning decisions by persons without relevant financial relationships

4. Other {please specify)